FJ. 2. 36. og hier med segir konungr
vil eg gefa þier jallzsnafn og þuilikt af landzgædzslu j Danmork
sem þa vilium uær hafa aa kuedit er vær komum þar. Sveirn
tekr vid skikiunne og kastar eigi yfir sig gefr þegar einhuerium sinum
manne og rodnar vid miog. en hann skikir sialfr grafelld eirn islenzskann. Og
er Einar þambarskelfir sier þetta þa mællti hann. ofiall
ofiall fostri segir hann.A-G 4. Einarr þambarskelfir comments when King
Magnús will only make Sveinn Úlfsson a jarl:113. "And herewith," said the king, "I
will give you the title of 'jarl' and that part of Denmark that I desire to
delegate when I come there." Sveinn took the cloak but did not put it on.
He gave it immediately to one of his men and turned bright crimson. But he himself
put on an Icelandic fur cloak. When Einarr þambarskelfir saw that, he
said "Too great a jarl, too great a jarl, foster son."88"Too
great a jarl" translates ofjarl. On the title "jarl,"
see Arne Bøe, "Jarl," in KLNM 7, 559-64. Ch. 48 of
"Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar" (ÍF 28, 130; trans.
Hollander, p. 615) tells us that in the time of Óláfr Haraldsson
and Magnús, there was only one jarl in Norway. Such a jarl might therefore
potentially be the king's most powerful rival.

FJ 18. 155. [Halldórs þáttr
Snorrasonar.] oc er Halldori com sia orðsending konvngs.
þa er sagt at hann scyti þvi orþi viþ ifyrsto. elldisc
argalinn nv sagþi hann end sendi honom belgi.
A-G 30. Halldórr Snorrason when, in old age, King Haraldr
sends for foxskins to make a bedcover:194. When the king's messenger reached him, it is said that
the first words that escaped him were: "The old cock is drooping
now."12 But he sent him the skins. 12Einar
Ól. Sveinsson prints "Eldisk árgalinn nú" in
ÍF 5, 277 and glosses "hani" (rooster), an understanding
retained by Ármann Jakobsson 1997: 126, but Sverrir Tómasson points
out to us that "árgali" could have the meaning "penis"
and refers us to Jón Helgason 1975. This meaning gives the necessary
bite to the phrase, and we translate accordingly.FJ 64. Proverb word 14. árgali . . .

FJ 20. 179-80. stofan stoð við ana Nið þar
sem nv er haullin. Oc Einarr gecc at havllinni4 oc in siþan.5
þa melti hann. myrt er imalstofo konungs. Einarr bað
Einnriþa son sinn standa iforstofunni. oc letz etla at kongungr mindi
eigi ahann raþa ef hann veri eftir. Oc er EinaR
kemr istofvna þa bera þeir Menn vapn ahann
er þar ero fyrir. EinaR veþr þa at þar
er konungr er og haugr til hans oc sacar hann ecci þvi at hann er fyr
itveim bryniom. Þa melti Einarr. hvat6 bita nv hvndar konungs.
Oc er Eindriþi heyrdi þat. þa stenz hann eigi oc leypr inn
oc er sa maþr Arni nefndr er honom varþ at bana. oc var þar
nv drepinn Einarr oc Eindriþi s. hans er allra Manna
var vaskastr oc giaurfiligastr.4Rettet
fra hdss. haulli. 5Skr. 2 gg. 6Vist
fejl f. hvast.L. – 16–19. stofan-konungs:
ul.
A-G 35. At the assassination of Einarr þambarskelfir:
210. The chambers were down by the River Nið, where the hall now
stands. Einarr went to the building and entered it, saying, "It's
hard to see in the king's quarters." Einarr told his son Eindriði
to stand in the antechamber, thinking that the king would not attack him if
his son remained behind. When Einarr entered the room, the men who were there
set upon him with their weapons. Einarr plunged ahead to where the king was
and struck at him without inflicting a wound because he was encased in two byrnies.
Einarr said: "The king's dogs (FJ 180) have sharp fangs."When Eindriði heard that, he could not be restrained and ran in.
The man who killed him was named Árni. That was the end of Einarr and
his son Eindriði, who was a most valiant and accomplished man.

FJ 20. 179-80. stofan stoð við ana Nið þar
sem nv er haullin. Oc Einarr gecc at havllinni4 oc in siþan.5
þa melti hann. myrt er imalstofo konungs. Einarr bað Einnriþa
son sinn standa iforstofunni. oc letz etla at kongungr mindi eigi ahann raþa
ef hann veri eftir. Oc er EinaR kemr istofvna þa
bera þeir Menn vapn ahann er þar ero fyrir.
EinaR veþr þa at þar er konungr er og
haugr til hans oc sacar hann ecci þvi at hann er fyr itveim bryniom. Þa
melti Einarr. hvat6bita nv hvndar konungs.
Oc er Eindriþi heyrdi þat. þa stenz hann eigi oc leypr inn
oc er sa maþr Arni nefndr er honom varþ at bana. oc var þar
nv drepinn Einarr oc Eindriþi s. hans er allra Manna
var vaskastr oc giaurfiligastr.4
Rettet fra hdss. haulli. 5 Skr. 2 gg. 6
Vist fejl f. hvast. L. – 16–19. stofan-konungs:
ul.
A-G 35. At the assassination of Einarr þambarskelfir:210. The chambers were down by the River Nið, where
the hall now stands. Einarr went to the building and entered it, saying, "It's
hard to see in the king's quarters." Einarr told his son Eindriði to
stand in the antechamber, thinking that the king would not attack him if his
son remained behind. When Einarr entered the room, the men who were there set
upon him with their weapons. Einarr plunged ahead to where the king was and
struck at him without inflicting a wound because he was encased in two byrnies.
Einarr said: "The king's dogs (FJ 180) have sharp
fangs."When Eindriði heard that, he could
not be restrained and ran in. The man who killed him was named Árni.
That was the end of Einarr and his son Eindriði, who was a most valiant
and accomplished man.

FJ 27. 233. oc er þeir voro
at þa melti5engi dvgir sva sem Koþrans bani.
Þat melti sa til Hallz OtryGs s. er vegit hafþi
Koþran Gvþmvndar s. en Hallr var þar með Haralldi konungi.
oc þa liop at Þormoðr Eindriþa6 s. oc hio Hall
banahaugg þvi at hann stoþz eigi er hrosat veri vigino Koþrans.
5 Her mgl. maðr. 6
Rettet fra hdss. eindra.
A-G 42. From an episode in which vengeance is taken for the killing
of Koðrán Guðmundarson while King Harald´s men are chopping
ice to free his ships.
243. As they were at work, somebody said: "No one
does his job like Koðrán's Killer."26 He
was referring to Hallr Ótryggsson, who had killed Koðrán Guðmundarson,
and Hallr was there in King Haraldr's army. Þormóðr Eindriðason
jumped up and delivered hallr's death blow because he could not stand to hear
the praise of Koðrán's killing. 26On
the following episode, see "The Native Sources." It is paralleled
in Ljósvetninga saga (ÍF 10, 103) and Heimskringla
(ÍF 28, 165), but the version in Morkinskinna may well
be the point of departure. The events referred to took place in Eyjafjörðr,
and it seems most likely that the story was transmitted there.Ed. note. Possibly a proverbial source phrase--fable
and proverb. For instance, in Brennu-Njáls saga, Kári:
ÍF XII. 155. 444. Sigurðr jarl svaraði:
“Engum manni er Kári líkr at hvatleik sínum.”
CSI III. 155. Earl Sigurd to King Sigtrygg after
Kari has killed Gunnar Lambason in Orkney: 211. Earl
Sigurd answered, “There’s no man like Kari for
bravery.”
Check Guðmundur Jónsson.

FJ 28. 240. [Sneglu-Halla þáttr] Þat
bar2 til heRa s. H. at ec var þa barn
at alldri er hann var veginn oc toko frendr malið oc settvz á firir
mina haund. en þat nafn þiccir eKi
vel sama með oss at heita gridniþingr. 2
Skr. 2 gg.
A-G 43. Halli assures King Haraldr of his family's concern with
honor, even as he explains why he did not take vengeance for his father's killing:248. "The reason was, sire," said Halli, "that
I was a child at the time he was killed, and my kinsmen were in charge of the
case. They settled on my behalf. The name of a truce-breaker does not
sit well with us."

FJ 28. 241. oc varð
einn Maþr heRa sva storlatr
at hann gaf kalf svmar gamlann. For hann sidan eftir kalfinom oc þotti
þat mest nauþsyn at sekia þangat fyrst til beinan er mestr
var.
A-G 43.Halli explains to King Haraldr how his competitor
at the court, Þjóðólfr, avenged his father--which was
a calf!248. "To make a long story short, sire,
one man was so generous that he contributed a calf of six months. Þjóðólfr's
father went to collect the calf because it seemed important to go to
where the greatest help was.99This
passage apparently refers to the disbursement of tithes. According to the Icelandic
tithe law, one fourth of the tithes was to be distributed among needy people
with dependents, and the disbursement could be made in cloth, marketable furs,
sheepskins, food, or any kind of livestock (except horses). However, tithes
were not legislated until 1097, that is, considerably later than our story would
imply. See Jón Jóhannesson 1974: 169, 174.
Ed note. Jón Jóhannesson. 1974. A History of the Old
Icelandic Commonwealth. Trans. Haraldur Bessason. N.p.: University of Manitoba
Press.

FJ 32. 252. Ek heiti Stvfr s.
hann. Konungr m. Þo varþ onafnligt e. hvers s. ertv. Hann s. ec
emc Kattar s. Allt feR nv at eino s. konungr.
eþa hvaR er sa kauttrin.
A-G 47. From the story of Stúfr enn blindi, who makes
fun of the nickname of King Harald´s father, Sigurðr sýr. 256. "My name is Stúfr," he said. "That's
not much to go by," said the king, "and whose son are you?" "I
am the cat's son," he said.2 "That's the same
kind of answer," said the king. "Who is the cat?" 2The
text of MskMS is defective in the following passage and must be supplemented
from Flat (Unger 104-5; FJ 252-53). That there is something funny about
being the "the cat's son" ("kattar sonr") is suggested by
the line "óneiss sem kattar sonr" (blameless as a cat's son)
in "Helgakviða Hundingsbana I," st. 18 (Neckel/Kuhn, Edda,
p. 133).

FJ 34. 263. Þa svaraþi
Tosti. frendr varir gøraz oss fiandr. þeira fiandmenn scolo
oc þa vera minir frendr. Scilsc i. sva fra Dana konvngi at baþir
ero reiþir.
A-G 49. Tostig, brother of King Harold Godwinsson, responds in
anger when King Sveinn refuses to join him in attack on Harold.262. The Tostig answered: "Our kinsmen become
our enemies, but their enemies can also be our kin."2
He took his leave of the Danish king in such a way that both were angered. 2Tostig
elaborates the logic of "Hávamál," st. 43 (Neckel/Kuhn,
Edda, p. 23): "Vin sínum/skal maðr vinr vera/þeim
ok þess vin;/en óvinar síns/skyli engi maðr/vinar vinr
vera" (A man should be a friend to his friend, and to that friend's friend;
but no man should be a friend to his friend's enemy). The next step is to be
a friend to your enemy's enemy.

FJ 35. 280. Þeir borþvz
nv vm hriþ. oc logðo sic sva til. at nv scylldo þeir
fa sciott aNnathvart bana e. sigr. En sia orrosta
for sem von var. at þeir hofþo meira lvt sem fiolmennari voro. L.
1–2. Þeir–hriþ: ul.
A-G 50. Authorial comment near the end of the Battle of Stamford
Bridge, following the death of King Haraldr.273. They now fought for a time and resolved that they
would either die or gain the victory. But the battle went as might
be expected, and the army with the greater numbers had the upper hand.

FJ 41. 307. Biþa atto menn Sveinka vm hriþ.
oc eptir þat var sen ferþ manna. oc var sem a ismol veri
at sia. sva var þat liþ vel bvit at vapnom oc bryniom.
A-G 56. Sveinki Steinarsson, a friend of the deceased King Hákon.
arrives at a meeting with Sigurðr ullstrengr with readied forces.
292. Sveinki let people wait for a time. Then a company of men
was sighted, and it looked like gleaming ice because they were
so well equipped with weapons and chain mail.11The
unusual image of gleaming ice was used once before in Ch. 50 (see Eivind Kvalén
1925a:34).

FJ 41. 312. Þa svaraþi S. Scipon
er þa aorþin ef konvngr melir vel oc friþliga til min. oc
fyr hvi monda ec lond min flyia e. eigor. heyr á segir hann. betra
er at falla afe sino en flyia oþol sin. segit sva konvngi. at
Sveinki mon eigi sva langt flyia at eitt ordrag se.Kolbeinn
s. Eigi er þetta einsett. oc er betra at hneigiaz til virþingar
viþ eN bezta hofþingia. en begiaz til storvaNdreþa.
goþum dreng er þar gott sem hann lifir. montv þar mest metiN
sem menn ero rikastir. en halldit luta þinom viþ slican hofþingia.
A-G 56. Sveinki rejects diplomatic attempts by Kolbeinn klakka
to persuade him to comply with the king's sentence of banishment.
295. Then Sveinki replied: "There has been a great change if the
king addresses me in peace and decency. But why would I abandon my lands and
property? Consider the following," he said: "It is better
to fall on one's land than to abandon one's inheritance. Tell the king
that Sveinki will not flee so much as a bowshot." Kolbeinn replied: "That
is not a good course, and it is better to acknowledge the honor of an excellent
chieftain than to quarrel with so much at stake. An excellent man gets on well
wherever he lives, and you will be most honored where men are most powerful,
and at the same time retain your property in the face of such a powerful chieftain
as the king.

FJ 41. 312. Þa svaraþi S. Scipon er
þa aorþin ef konvngr melir vel oc friþliga til min. oc fyr
hvi monda ec lond min flyia e. eigor. heyr á segir hann. betra er at
falla afe sino en flyia oþol sin. segit sva konvngi. at Sveinki mon eigi
sva langt flyia at eitt ordrag se.Kolbeinn s. Eigi er þetta
einsett. oc er betra at hneigiaz til virþingar viþ eN
bezta hofþingia. en begiaz til storvaNdreþa.
goþum dreng er þar gott sem hann lifir. montv þar
mest metiN sem menn ero rikastir. en halldit luta þinom
viþ slican hofþingia.
A-G 56. Kolbeinn klakka continues to try to get Sveinki to leave.
295. Then Sveinki replied: "There has been a great change if the
king addresses me in peace and decency. But why would I abandon my lands and
property? Consider the following," he said: "It is better to fall
on one's land than to abandon one's inheritance. Tell the king that Sveinki
will not flee so much as a bowshot." Kolbeinn replied: "That is not
a good course, and it is better to acknowledge the honor of an excellent chieftain
than to quarrel with so much at stake. An excellent man gets on well
wherever he lives, and you will be most honored where men are most
powerful, and at the same time retain your property in the face of such a powerful
chieftain as the king.

FJ 53. 362-3. Sigurþr s. Ec etla þetta
vel akomit at þeir IngimaR reyni meþ ser.
þvi at þar þicciz hvaR oðrom
meiri.
A-G 68. Sigurðr Hranason responds when Viðkunnr sends
to him for help against Ingimarr of Askr.332. Sigurðr said: "I think it is a good match
between Viðkunnr and Ingimarr, (FJ 363) because each thinks he is
superior to the other."

FJ 53. 364. Ingimarr s. Eigi mon þat.
En mislagþar ro þer hendr. dregr fram lvta maurlandans. en þorir
eigi at hefna foþor þins er drepiN var a Irlandi
sem hvndr a beinom. oc hann hyG ec helldr
hafa mono helviti.
A-G 68. Ingimarr becomes angry when King Eysteinn tells him his
man who stole the tenting will go to Hell.333. Ingimarr replied: "That will not come to pass,
but your energy is misspent in favouring this suet-eater though you dare not
avenge your father, who was killed in Ireland like a dog gnawing a bone.
I think he is the most likely to suffer hellfire."

FJ 55. 380. gecc af konvngs scipino. oc feR
afvnd E. konvngs. hefr vpp sogona alla oc segir. En konvngeN
sett sva rauþan. at honom matti einom fingri dreyra vekia.
oc svaraþi. Til allmikils vaða hefir þv stefnt oss oc launat
mer litt mina liðveizlo. oc engi lvt kaN ec i at eiga
þesi sett.
A-G 70. King Eysteinn takes umbrage at Sigurðr Hranason's
having made a settlement with King Sigurðr unilaterally, behind Eystein's
back: 344. Then he left the king's ship and returned to King
Eysteinn to report on what had transpired. The king flushed so that
he could have been bled from one finger.20 He
replied: "You have placed us in great peril and given me a poor return
for my support. I will have no part of this settlement." Then he left and
went to his quarters. 20This
locution occurs at the end of Ch. 24 of Ljósvetninga saga (ÍF
10, 82) in almost identical form.

FJ 56. 383-4. Þa melti E. konvngr. Nv greiptv
aþvi kylino er ec hvgþa at fyr longo myndi springa.
A-G 71. King Eysteinn begins his answer to King Sigurðr´s
boasting of his royal contributions abroad.346. Then King Eysteinn spoke (FJ 384): "Now you
have hit the sore spot that I have thought for a long time was
ready to bleed."ÍOS 337 kýli grípa á kýlinn

FJ 59. 388. Mart kaN scipaz amaNz
efiNi. Ec atta .ii. lvti þa er mer þotto
baztir er ec com iland. þat var boc sia herna. oc drotningin.
A-G 74. Opening statement in an example of King Sigurðr's mental
decline as he prepares to burn a valuable book and to strike his queen.350. "Many things can change during a man's
lifetime. When I returned to Norway, I had two possessions that I considered
most valuable--the book that you see here and the queen."

FJ 60. 391. EinaR melti.
Þat veri nv drengilict at hialpa maNinom. oc fiRa
konvng vhappi. Erlendr s. þat er vant viþ konvngenn.
en at viso liGr lif maNzens viþ.
A-G 75. King Sigurðr, in a dark mood, is attempting to drown
Jón.352. Einarr said: "It would be a brave deed
to help that man and save the king from a misfortune." Erlendr said: "It
is hard to contend with the king, but (U 192) it is true that the man's
life is at stake."ÍM 185. Ekki er ráð að kífa við
kónginn.

FJ 64. 396. [Haralldr s.1 qvaþ
ecki sva eiNa agett. at eigi metti verþa
aNat slict.1Utydel.
A-G 79. Men in the court ask Haraldr gillicrist if he knows of
any horse as swift as the one sent by Magnús Sigurðarson.356. Haraldr answered, saying that nothing was
so remarkable that it could not be matched.
ÍM 6. ÁGÆTI Fátt er svo ágætt,
að eigi finnast annað slíkt. Mágus s. 1. kap.